Ambulatory surgery: Is the liability risk lower?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 654-658

  Metzner, Julia ^a   Kent, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory anesthesia; closed claims project; liability; outcomes

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; NERVE INJURY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 84870240344     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283592f90     Document Type: Review

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